I Made a Hat

I made a hat!  It's the first thing I've ever crocheted.  There are a few imperfections, but all in all, it's pretty good!  I just wanted to get a pic of the hat itself, and didn't want to distract you with my unearthly beauty, so I used my webcam to get just the hat.  I don't usually wear hats, but this one is gettin some publicity tomorrow!

It was super easy.  I must make more!  I need other colors.  I wanted to make a pink one, but I didn't have any pink, and the yarn I want to use is expensive and I'm a cheap person.  But next time, I will do a pink one!  Instructions here:  http://abeautifulmess.typepad.com/my_weblog/page/10/

New Embroidery and a Weird Pillow

I made this embroidery pattern from just a doodle I did.  I'm gonna put it in my Etsy shop.  

 

I finished this embroidery for the kitchen.  This is a WildOlive design.

And here is a face pillow.  I got this pattern from Lia's Space (http://www.liaspace.com/).  Mine turned out much smaller and wonkier, but it's because I was lazy.  But I do like it.  I'd like to learn to sew more things like this and get better at sewing the stuffing hole up where you can't really see it. 

As promised...

Here are the things I made for Valentine's Day.

I made these two for Allen:

I made these for my friend Liz and her girlfriend Deanna.  These are patterns I created- the wood one, I just sort of doodled up and I created the pillow pattern from clip art of a pumpkin and a cupcake.  She said that's what they call each other and I said "Barf but yeah, I'll do it!" How do I have friends?

 

  

And here is what Allen made for me:  

I am very lucky to have such a thoughtful boyfriend.  He is the best thing in the world to me.  He makes me feel very, very special every day, not just on Valentine's Day.  Oh, and he took me out for a fantastic Tex-Mex dinner!  

Happy Valentine's Day!

Feeling quite inspired...

I'm feeling very, very inspired of late.  I've started doing little things to spruce up our apartment, and it's looking much better.  I made a few pillows, put some of my pretty ribbon, pompom trim,  and bias tape (I have a ton of vintage bias tape, too) in a big jar, organized my craft area, put some more contact paper stickers up, drew a bunch of stuff I'm gonna embroider, painted some wooden placards I got at Hobby Lobby and put hooks in for my cute measuring cups and spoons, organized my fabric and felt and put it in one of those closet organizer hangers (I have some really cute stuff I need to use!!),  I'm getting better at embroidery and am making a really cute hat, and I'm going to be working on more pillows for around the house, and a few embroideries for the kitchen.  Whew!  PLUS I made a few super cute things for Valentine's Day, some for a friend to give and some for me to give to Allen.  I don't really buy into all of that V-Day junk, but I do like any excuse to make him something cute that expresses how I feel.  I'll be posting pictures of all of it after V-Day. 

I hope everyone has a lovely Valentine's Day, those of you who care to celebrate! 

While I should have been working...

I made a lot of stuff!!

Here are some hair bows.  I've made more that I'll post a photo of later. 

I made my second pillow cover.

And a hat for my little wind up toy!

New Bib Design

Here is a bib I sort of finished.  I'm gonna add a panel of fabric to the back so that the stitches won't show and so it won't be so flimsy.  I think it came out okay.  

I drew the design and got the words from a song called "100,000 Fireflies" by Magnetic Fields.  It's a really good song.   Here's a close up.  The words are my handwriting.  It gives it a really personal touch.  I think the stitches for the words may  need to be a bit lighter, like maybe only use two strands of floss. 

Lastly, I have two really ugly pillows in the living room.  So, I went to World Market and got a couple of cloth napkins, and then found some cute fat quarters at Michael's, and I whipped up this cute cover from the fat quarters.  Awww, my kitty loves it.

I haven't done the one with the napkin, but will do it soon.